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On December 9, 2021 at 12:59:50 AM UTC, https://blogs.voanews.com/ was accessible when tested on AS25513 in Russia.

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DNS Queries

Resolver:
74.125.112.1
Query:
IN A blogs.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
2.19.122.138
AS16625 (Akamai Technologies, Inc.)
Query:
IN AAAA blogs.voanews.com
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IN
AAAA
2a02:26f0:18:395::131b
AS20940 (Akamai International B.V.)
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IN
AAAA
2a02:26f0:18:38c::131b
AS20940 (Akamai International B.V.)

TCP Connections

2.19.122.138:443: succeeded
2a02:26f0:18:38c::131b:443: failed (generic_timeout_error)
2a02:26f0:18:395::131b:443: failed (generic_timeout_error)

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